Churn



UNITED STATES PATENT Prier..

GENERAL L. GRAY, OF MONT, KENTUCKY.

-CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,198, dated May 11, 1897.

Application filed October 20, 1896. Serial No. 609,432. (No model.) l

To all whom t may con/00771,:

Beit known that I, GENERAL L. GRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mont, in the county of Lyon and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Churn, of which the following is a specification.

My Ainvention relates to churns, and particularly to means for attaching the dasheroperating mechanism tothe churn tub or receptacle; and the object in view is to provide a supporting-frame for -dasheroperating mechanism having means adapted for attachment to a churn-receptacle of different sizes, the same being adapted to be removed with facility to release the dasher.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dasher-operating mechanism having a supporting-frame constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the same.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the iigures of the drawings.

1 designates an upright which supports a spider having radial arms 2, said upright terminating at its upper end in a hand hold or grip 3 and at its lower end in a horizontal foot 4, which is adapted to be arranged contiguous to the top or cover of the churn-receptacle 5.

Pivotally connected to and depending from the extremities of the arms of the spider are clamp-arms 6, adapted to be arranged at their free lower ends outside of the churn-receptacle and provided at their inner sides with heels or shoulders 7 to bear upon the upper edge thereof. Attached at their inner ends to the upright 1 are tie-rods 8, which extend through vertical slots 9 in the clamp-arms and are engaged in contact with the outer sides of said arms with adjusting-nuts 10, preferably thumb-nuts. Alsothreaded upon the tie-rods are lock -nuts 11, which bear against the inner sides of the arms.

The foot 4 of the upright is also provided, preferably, with an extension 12, having a terminal depending stud 13 to engage a socket From the above description it will be seen that by reason of the'slots in the clamp-arms the latter may be adjusted toward or froml the center of the machine, as required, to suit the diameter of the churn-receptacle, and that when the heels of the clamp-arms are arranged upon the upper edge of the receptacle overlapping the contiguous periphery of the lid and the adjusting devices are tightened to draw the lower extremities of the clamp-arms firmly against the exterior surface of the receptacle the operating mechanism is securely mounted and is held from vibration by the operation of the driving mechanism. v

The function of the stud 13 is to cooperate with the clamp-arms to steady the upright during the operation of the device, and in order to relieve said clamp-arms as much as possible of the strain incident to the operation of the mechanism said stud is preferably arranged approximately under or in the plane of the driving-wheel 14, whereit receives the direct thrust of said wheel.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a churn, the combination with an upright carrying dasher-operating mechanism, of a spider having arms radiating from the upright, clamp-arms pivotally mounted upon and depending from the spider-arms and provided at intermediate points of their inner sides with heels or shoulders to bear upon the upper edge of a churn-receptacle, said clamp- IOO arms being provided with longitudinal slots, tie-rods extending radially from the upright and projecting through the slots in the clamparms, and adjusting and looking nuts threaded upon the tie-rods respectively contiguous to the outer and inner surfaces of the clampanms, said heels being adapted to secure in place the lid of the receptacle, substantially as specified.

2. In a churn, the combination of an upright provided at its upper extremity with a hand hold o r grip and at its lower end with a foot terminating in a depending stud to engage a socket in a receptacle top or cover, dasher-operating mechanism mounted upon the upright, and including a driving-Wheel GENERAL L. GRAY.

IVtnesses:

G. W. WILLIAMS, F. A. WILSON. 

